1. WebOS Presented by Chao Lin Chu

2. Overview ● Introduction ● Why uses WebOS? ● Current status of WebOS development ● Problems needed to solve. ● Future possibility

3. Introduction ● What is WebOS? - A Virtual Computer running inside browser. - A computing research project Started at the University of California, Berkeley in 1996. Continued at Duke University, University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Washington. http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/issg/webos/ http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/issg/webos/ ● Here we focus on the first one. ● Is it a real OS? ● Some people call it Webtop or Web Desktop.

4. Why uses WebOS? ● Portable( Actually you don't have to bring any thing ) ● May not have to buy expensive OS any more. ● Cross-platform. ● Just need browser.

5. Current Status ● Craythurhttp://www.craythur.com/http://www.craythur.com/ ● Desktoptwo http://desktoptwo.com/ http://desktoptwo.com/ ● EyeOShttp://eyeos.org/http://eyeos.org/ ● Glidehttp://www.glidedigital.com/http://www.glidedigital.com/ ● Goowyhttp://www.goowy.com/http://www.goowy.com/ ● Orcahttp://www.orcaa.com/http://www.orcaa.com/ ● Purefecthttp://purefect.klorofil.org/demo/http://purefect.klorofil.org/demo/ ● SSOEhttp://giffard.dynalias.net/ssoe/http://giffard.dynalias.net/ssoe/ ● XinDESKhttp://www.xindesk.com/http://www.xindesk.com/

6. Current Status ● YouOS https://www.youos.com/ https://www.youos.com/ ● Laszlo Systemshttp://www.laszlosystems.com/http://www.laszlosystems.com/ ● Fenestelahttp://www.fenestela.com/http://www.fenestela.com/ ● Windows Live Core ● Xcerionhttp://xcerion.com/http://xcerion.com/ ● XINhttp://www.naltabyte.se/howto.htmhttp://www.naltabyte.se/howto.htm ● Foldhttp://www.fold.com/http://www.fold.com/

7. Current Status ● G.ho.sthttp://g.ho.st/http://g.ho.st/ ● Online documents ● Ajax Write http://us.ajax13.com/en/ajaxwrite/ http://us.ajax13.com/en/ajaxwrite/ ● ZOHO Writerhttp://writer.zoho.com/http://writer.zoho.com/

8. Problems ● Still in early stage. The best I can see is beta- version. ● Slow ● Need high bandwidth. ● Functionalities are not enough compared to the OS we are currently using. ● Some people may think about security concern.

9. Future Possibilities ● Many People say that google is the good candidate for Web Desktop but google denied that. ● If a startup company, like YouOS, succeeds, it will change the way we use computers.  From bulky computers to laptops  From laptops to flash drives  From flash drives to finger(just need fingerprint to log in your WebOS account)  Don't have to bring anything and remember password.

10. Future Possibilities Sounds nice ?! We will see!